Nicusor Belmont Blindu's Application
| Jurisdiction | Northern Ireland |
| Judge | Colton J |
| Judgment Date | 28 February 2018 |
| Neutral Citation | [2018] NIQB 21 |
| Date | 28 February 2018 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division (Northern Ireland) |
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Neutral Citation: [2018] NIQB 21 Ref:
COL10562
Judgment: approved by the Court for handing down Delivered:
28/2/2018
(subject to editorial corrections)*
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION (JUDICIAL REVIEW)
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IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY NICUSOR BELMONT BLINDU
FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW
AND IN THE MATTER OF DECISIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT MADE ON 8 DECEMBER 2015,
11 DECEMBER 2015 AND IN OR AROUND 19 JULY 2015
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COLTON J
Introduction
[1] Both the factual matrix giving rise to this judicial review and the legal
proceedings arising therefrom are somewhat unusual and complex. The applicant is
a Romanian National. He avers that, apart from some visits to Romania, he has
resided in the United Kingdom since 2011 at an address at Farnham Road, Slough.
He claims to have lived there with another Romanian National Lucia Roxana
Brindusescu who has been variously described as the applicant’s wife, common law
wife, and partner.
[2] He was convicted of shoplifting offences in 2012 and 2013 in respect of which
he received monetary penalties.
[3] On 8 October 2014 he was again convicted of a shoplifting offence and was
sentenced to 16 weeks’ imprisonment. A Deportation Order was not pursued as a
consequence of these convictions.
[4] On 18 July 2015 he travelled from Romania to the United Kingdom where he
was encountered by Immigration Authorities at London Heathrow airport. He was
refused permission to enter the UK on public policy grounds and he was returned to
Romania. I will return to the circumstances of this removal which are central to the
dispute in this judicial review. The removal took place on 22 July 2015.
[5] On 8 December 2015 the applicant again encountered Border Control Officers
at Belfast Ferry Terminal. His intention was to travel to England. The circumstances
in which he came to travel to Belfast are contentious but it is not in dispute that he
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